is it cruelty to animals to drop a live lobster into a boiling pot of water?
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yes
no
i didn't know that's how they are usually cooked
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i don't eat lobster but i couldn't do it
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my grandfather and his father were lobstermen with a pound where my father worked as a teenager. i was taught they do feel pain, and so to shorten that as much as possible, they were held fast and quickly stabbed at a right angle directly behind the skull with a large chef's knife and then, without lifting the knife, even more quickly chop-sliced down between the eyes. it's still disturbing, imo, but it does save several seconds or more of pain if you have a strong and sure hand about it.
and, btw, no one should be boiling lobster. they're much better steamed
and, btw, no one should be boiling lobster. they're much better steamed